Absolutely. Even BART, which is relatively fast if it's working, is 35 minutes door-to-door from my house in Glen Park (10 mins. walk to the station, 5 mins. average wait for a train, 10 mins. on train, 10 mins. from station to office), and biking takes me 35-45 minutes. Yes, that's not faster, but it's about the same…

It's great in theory, but unfortunately I can't personally do much to, say, protect old-growth forests or fight the poaching of endangered species...

>Of course, YOU could recycle that paper

More like 50 pieces of mail per year (at least 1 per week, and I only give to maybe 10 different charities), and it's less about the annoyance and more about the incredible waste represented. A tree was cut down, processed into paper, carried by trucks using gas, stuffed by a human into my mail slot, all to go…

I just tried to access it via Magneto.com and it redirected to a Marvel website :). (the actual address is magneto.me)

As an extension to "Who really cares?": Nobody who gets married believes they will ever get divorced. But some will. It might be you. Picture announcing that news to friends on whom you went all Bridezilla and told them that bringing their boyfriend is not in the budget, or yes they HAVE to buy that matching $400…

I walk for 30-40 minutes at lunch and then pick up a salad on the way back to eat at my desk when I resume work. It makes a huge difference in my energy levels. I work out at the gym every morning, but I find that I've usually burned off most of those endorphins by mid-afternoon!

Backblaze for continuous online backup, then two external hard drives: one that I manually copy over onto once a week, and another that I keep at work (in case the house burns down!) and bring home to copy about once a month.

What I do is, instead of buying it right then, I add it to a PlainText list on my phone of "things to buy." Periodically I look at the list and buy the things off of it that I really want — but for 75% of the items, I decide I didn't really need them anyway, now that I'm no longer in the "I want that!" moment.

Or if your direct deposit provider allows it, just have some percentage of your paycheck deposited directly into a savings account, with the remainder going to your checking.

Yep, my dog has also had to have both ACLs replaced, and my vet health insurance paid for the majority of both (I paid about $800 out-of-pocket for each surgery). Didn't need to sell a car, or anything.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you just haven't thought this through. Obviously, if a medical procedure is too expensive, we don't just put a human to sleep rather than pay for care. My dogs are now 11 and 14 and I've had pet insurance their entire lives, and it's paid for itself every year…

Maybe you didn't mention USAA because you're not eligible, but a lot of people are (for example, if they have a parent who is a member). USAA usually has the best deals on insurance and many other services.

Absolutely agree. My parents NEVER fought in front of me, so I never got a model of how couples who love each other disagree and resolve conflict. The lesson I brought from that into my marriage was that when something was wrong, it was best to just pretend everything was fine and not create an argument. That didn't…

I would also add that the reason many people are looking to meet new people is that they're lonely, and Meetup really helped with that for me. Just being able to go and share a common interest (knitting, board games, hiking with our dogs) with acquaintances for a few hours a week went a long way towards alleviating…

+1 for knitting!

Hmmm... did you even read my comment? I'm guessing not.

Funny that this doesn't mention protein — as a very active person who is a climber and long-distance runner, I find that I have to pay attention in order to get enough healthy protein from foods like nuts, eggs, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, and seitan. (Presumably, people who eat meat regularly probably get…

Lifehacker, I'm just wondering why we have moderated comments if ones like this, that don't contribute anything to the discussion, get approved? One of the things I like about sites with comment moderation is that they keep the discussion above the level of dismissive and poorly-thought-out attempts at "humor" that…

Thanks for this — I've also had trouble with the introvert/extrovert distinction. I'm very extroverted, yet at the same time fit the definition of "highly sensitive" to a tee. In particular, I'm extremely empathetic, which can be both a both a blessing and a curse. I just put in a hold request for this book at the…